MSI MS-7177- User Manual

v WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement

viii CONTENTS Copyright Notice .............................................................................................................. iiTrademarks ....................................................................................................................... iiRevision History .........

ix Appendix B Dual C or e C enter .............................................................................. B-1 Activating Dual Core Center ............................................................................... B-2Main ......................................................................

1-1 G et ting S t ar t ed Getting Started Chapter 1 Thank you f or choosing the X58 Plat inum ( MS- 7522 v1.X) ATX mainboard. The X58 Platinum mainboard is bas ed on Int el ® X58 & IC H10R c hips ets f or optimal system efficiency. Designed to fit the advanced Int el ® i7 LG A1366 proc es sor , ...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 1-2 Mainboard Specifications Pr ocessor S uppor t - Intel ® i7 processors in the LGA1366 package (For the latest inform ation about CPU, please visit http://global.m si.com .tw/index.php?func=cpuform 2) Supported QPI - Up to 6.4 GT/s C h ips et - North Bridge: Intel ® X58 chips...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 1-4 X58 Platinum (MS-7522 v1.X) ATX Mainboard Mainboard Layout PC I 2 PC I 1 P C I _E 4 P C I _E 5 P C I _E 3 P C I _E 1 P C I _E 2 BAT T + JAU D1 JC D1 J1 394_ 1 J FP2 J FP1 JC OM1 JTPM1 SATA8 S Y S F A N 1 S Y S F A N 4 S Y S F A N 2 S Y S F A N 5 J S P I JC I1 JP W R 1 CP UF...

1-5 G et ting S t ar t ed Packing Checklist * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of theproduc t you purc hased. Power Cable MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD IDE Cable Back IO Shield 1394 B racket SATA Cable external SATA Cable User ’ s Guide and Quick Gui...

2-1 Har dwar e S et up Hardware Setup Chapter 2 This chapter provides you with the inf ormation abouthardware setup procedures. W hile doing the installation,be car ef ul in holding the c omponents and f ollow theinstallation procedures . For some components, if youinstall in the wrong orientation, ...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-2 Quick Components Guide O N 1 2 3 D - LED 2 CPU , p.2-3 DDR3 , p.2-7 JPWR1 , p.2-11 SYSFAN1/3 , p.2-16 SATA, p.2-15 RESET1 , p.2-21 JUSB1~2 , p.2-19 JTPM1 , p.2-18 JCOM1 , p.2-17 PCI_E , p.2-22 Back Panel , p.2-12 JPWR2 , p.2-11 JCI1 , p.2-18 JFP2, JFP1 , p.2-17 JCD1 , p.2-2...

2-3 Har dwar e S et up CPU (Central Processing Unit) W hen you ar e ins talling the C P U, make sure to install t he cooler to prev ent overheating. If you do not have the CPU cooler, consult your dealer before turning on the c omputer.For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://global...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-4 2. Lif t the load lever up and open the load plate. 1. Open the load level. CPU & Cooler Installation W hen you are installing the CP U, make sure t he CPU has a cooler attached on the top t o pr event over heating. Meanwhile, do not forget to apply s ome thermal paste ...

2-7 Har dwar e S et up Memory 72x2=144 pin DDR3 240-pin, 1.5V Dual-Channel : Channel A in SKYBLUE; Channel B in PINK These DIMM slots are used for installing memory modules.For more information on compatible c omponents, please visit http://global.msi.com. tw/index.php?func =testreport Memory Popula...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-8 3 DIMM_A1 DIMM_A0 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B0 DIMM_C1 DIMM_C0 4 DIMM_A1 DIMM_A0 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B0 DIMM_C1 DIMM_C0 5 DIMM_A1 DIMM_A0 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B0 DIMM_C1 DIMM_C0 6 DIMM_A1 DIMM_A0 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B0 DIMM_C1 DIMM_C0 T h r e e- C h an ne l mo de In T hr ee-Channel mode, the memory modules c...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-10 Installing Memory Modules 1. The memory module has only one notch on the center and will only fit in the right orientation. 2. Insert the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIM...

2-11 Har dwar e S et up Power Supply PIN SIGNAL 13 +3.3V 14 -12V 15 GND 16 PS-ON# 17 GND 18 GND 19 GND 20 Res 21 +5V 22 +5V 23 +5V 24 GND PIN SIGNAL 1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 3 GND 4 +5V 5 GND 6 +5V 7 GND 8 PW R OK 9 5VSB 10 +12V 11 +12V 12 +3.3V Pin Def inition pin 12 pin 13 ATX 24-Pin Power Connector: JPWR1...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-12 Back Panel M ouse/K ey boar d The standard PS/2 ® mouse/keyboard DIN connector is for a PS/2 ® mouse/keyboard. 1394 Port The IEEE1394 port on the back panel provides connection to IEEE1394 devices. Optical S/PDIF-Out This SPD IF ( Sony & Philips Digital Interc onnect F...

2-13 Har dwar e S et up LAN The standard RJ-45 LAN jack is for connectionto the Local Area Network (LAN). You can con-nec t a network c able to it. LED Color LED State Condition Off LAN link is not established. Left Yellow On (steady state) LAN link is established. On (bri ghter & pulsi ng) The ...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-14 Connectors IDE Connector: IDE1 This connector supports IDE hard disk drives, optical disk drives and other IDE devices. Important If you install two IDE dev ic es on the s ame c able, you mus t configur e thedr ives separ ately to master / slave mode by s etting jumper s. ...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-16 Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN, SYSFAN1~5 The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with +12V. W hen connectingthe wire to the connectors, always note that the r ed wire is the positive and shouldbe connected to the +12V; the black wire is Ground and should be conn...

2-17 Har dwar e S et up PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED + Hard disk LED pull-up 2 FP PW R/SLP MSG LED pull-up 3 HD_LED - Hard disk active LED 4 FP PW R/SLP MSG LED pull-up 5 RST_SW - Reset Switch low reference pull-down to GND 6 PW R_SW + Power Switch high reference pull-up 7 RST_SW + Reset Switch h...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-18 TPM Module Connector: JTPM1 This connector connects to a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) module (optional). Pleaserefer to the TPM security platform manual for more details and usages. Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 LCLK LPC clock 2 3V_STB 3V standby power 3...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-20 CD-In Connector: JCD1 This connector is provided for external audio input. JCD1 GND R L Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUD1 This c onnector allows you to c onnect the f ront panel audio and is compliant withIntel ® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. HD Audio Pin Def...

2-21 Har dwar e S et up The motherboard provides the following buttons for you to set the computer ’ s function. This section will explain how to change your motherboard ’ s function through the use of button. Buttons Power Button: POWER1 This power button is used to turn-on or turn-off the system. ...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-22 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slot The PCI Express slot supports the PCI Express interface expansion card.The PCI Express 2.0 x16 supports up to 8.0 GB/s transfer rate.The PCI Express 2.0 x1 supports up to 500 MB/s transfer rate.The PCI Express 1.0 x1 sup...

2-23 Har dwar e S et up ATI CrossFireX TM (Multi-GPU) Technology ATI CrossFireX TM (Multi-GPU) technology is an exciting new technology developed by AT I that allows the power of multiple Graphic s. Cros sFireX requir es a C ross Fir eXEdition graphics card and the compatible standard (CrossFireX Re...

2-25 Har dwar e S et up PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ, acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I-R-Q, are hardware linesover which devices c an send interrupt signals to the micropr ocessor. The PCI IRQpins are typically connected to the PCI bus pins as follows: 32-bit PCI Slot Impo...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d 2-26 Switch Hardware Overclock Base clock Switch: CPU_CLK1 You can overclock the Base clock to increase the processor f requency by c hangingthis switch. Follow the instructions below to set the base clock. Important 1. Make sure that you power off the system before changing th...

2-27 Har dwar e S et up LED Status Indicators N am e S tat us CPU Phase LEDs 5 (4/ 3/ 2/ 1) LED(s) will light blue when CPU is in 5 (4/ 3/ 2/ 1) phase power mode. QPI Phase LEDs 1 LED (2 LEDs) will light blue when QPI is in 1 (2) phase power mode. DDR Phase LEDs 1 LED (2 LEDs) of the LEDs will light...

3-1 BIOS Setup Chapter 3 BIOS Setup This c hapter provides information on the BIOS Setuppr ogram and allows you to conf igur e the s ys tem foroptimum use.You may need to r un the Setup program when: ² An error message appears on the screen during thesystem booting up, and requests you to run SETUP....

3-2 M S- 7522 M ainboar d Entering Setup Important 1. The items under each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance. Therefore, the descrip-tion may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be held forreferenc e only. 2. Upon boot...

3-3 BIOS Setup Getting Help After entering the Setup menu, the first menu you will see is the Main Menu. M ain M enu The main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to. You can use thearrow keys ( ↑↓ ) to select the item. The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is disp...

3-4 M S- 7522 M ainboar d S tandar d CM OS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc. Advanced BIOS Featur es Use this menu to setup the items of AMI ® special enhanced features. Int egr at ed Per ipher als Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated pe...

3-5 BIOS Setup User Set t ings Use this menu to save/ load your settings to/ from CMOS for BIOS. M - Flash Use this menu to read/ flash the BIOS from USB mediaevice. Load Fail- Safe Def aults Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIO S vendor for stable sys temper formance. Load Opt im...

3-6 M S- 7522 M ainboar d The items in Standard CMOS Features Menu includes some basic setup items. Usethe arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to selectthe value you want in each item. Date (MM :DD:Y Y ) This allows you to set the system to the date th...

3-7 BIOS Setup Device / Vendor / Size It will showing the device information that you connected to the SATA connector. Important ID E P r imar y M ast er/ Slave, SATA 1~6 & 7/8 & 9/10 & E - SATA 1/2 ar e appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA connector onthe mainboar ...

3-8 M S- 7522 M ainboar d BIOS Flash Pr otect ion W hen enabled, the B IO S ’ data c annot be changed when attempting to update the BIOS with a Flash utility. To successfully update the BIOS, you ’ ll need to disable this Flash BIOS Protection function. You should enable this function at all times. ...

3-11 BIOS Setup USB Contr oller This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboar d USB controller. US B Device Legacy Support Select [Enabled] if you need to use a USB-interfaced device in the operating system. Onboard LAN/ 2nd Cont roller This item is used to enable/disable the onboard 1st/ 2nd...

3-12 M S- 7522 M ainboar d Driv e Booster C ont roller #1 (f or SATA7 & 8) Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears. C ur r ent M ode This item shows the current SATA mode. Read only. Update To R AID0 (Str ipe)/ RAID1(M irror )/ JBOD(Large) / Nor mal Hdd These ...

3-13 BIOS Setup AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out Select the waiting time for the AHCI CD/ DVD when booting. AHCI Port 1/2/3/4/5/6 Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. AHCI Port 1/2/3/4/5/6 Select the type of devic e. I/O Device Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appear...

3-14 M S- 7522 M ainboar d ACPI Function This item is to activate the ACPI (A dvanced Configuration and Power ManagementInterface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as W indows 2000/XP, select [Enabled]. ACPI Standby State T his item s pec if ies the power s aving modes f or A C...

3-18 M S- 7522 M ainboar d Green Power C PU Phase C ontr ol W hen set to [Auto], the hardware will auto adjust the CPU power phase according tothe loading of CPU to reach the best power saving f unction. QPI Phase C ontr ol W hen set to [Auto], the hardware will auto adjust the QPI power phase to re...

3-19 BIOS Setup BIOS Setting Password W hen you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up to six characters in length, and press <Enter>. The passwordtyped now will r eplac e any previous ly set passwor d f rom CMO S memor y. You willbe prompted ...

3-20 M S- 7522 M ainboar d C urr ent Core / DRAM / QPI Frequency These items show the current clocks of CPU and Memory speed. Read-only. Cell Menu Important Change these s ettings only if you are familiar with the chipset.

3-21 BIOS Setup C PU Specif ications Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears. This sub-menu displays the informations of installed CPU. C PU Technology Support Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears. This sub-menu displays the te...

3-25 BIOS Setup C PU / PCI Expr ess Amplitude C ontr ol These items are used to select the CPU/ PCI Express clock amplitude. C PU C LK S kew/ IOH CLK Skew These items are used to select the CPU/ IOH chipset clock skew. They can helpCPU to reach the higher overclocking performace. Adjust PC I Frequen...

3-27 BIOS Setup CPU and Memory Clock Overclocking The D.O.T Control, Base Clock, M emory Ratio items for you to overclock the CPU and the Memory. Please refer to the descriptions of these fields for more information. 2. At the fourth reboot, BIOS will determine that the previous overclocking is fail...

3-28 M S- 7522 M ainboar d Sav e Sett ings 1/ 2/ 3/ 4 These items are used to save the settings set by yourself to CMOS. Load S ettings 1/ 2/ 3/ 4 These items are available after you save your s ettings in Save Sett ings 1/ 2/ 3/ 4 items , and are used to load the settings from CMOS. User Settings

3-30 M S- 7522 M ainboar d 1. Pleas e refer to the block diagram below about the M-Flash function. 2. Due to the special design of some graphics cards will caus e dark screen during M-flash operation, and you may refer the beeps from the system toconfir m the current M- flas h pr oces s. Important S...

A-1 R ealt ek Audio Realtek Audio Appendix A The Realtek ALC888 provides 10-channel DAC that si-multaneously supports 7.1 sound playback and 2 chan-nels of i ndepen den t s ter eo s oun d outp ut ( mul tip lestreaming) through the Front-Out-Left and Fr ont-Out-Right channels.

M S- 7522 M ainboar d A-2 You need to install the HD audio driver for Realtek ALC888 codec to function properlybefore you can get access to 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- channel or 7.1+2 channel audio operations.Follow the procedures des cribed below to ins tall the dr iver s for different operatings ys tems . Ins...

A-3 R ealt ek Audio 3. Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. Click here S el e c t t h i soption 4. Click Finish to restart the system. Click here

M S- 7522 M ainboar d A-4 After installing the audio driver, you are able to use the 2-, 4-, 6- or 8- channel audiofeature now. Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration . It is also available to enable the HD Audio C onf...

A-5 R ealt ek Audio Sound Effect E nv ir onment Simulat ion You will be able to enjoy differ ent s ound exper ienc e by pulling down the arr ow,several kinds of sound effect will be shown for selection. Realtek HD Audio SoundManager also pr ovides five popular settings “ Stone Cor ridor ” , “ Bathro...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d A-6 Save The settings ar e s avedper manently f or f utur eus e Reset 1 0 ban d s of eq u ali z erwould go back to the de-fault setting E nable / Disable To dis able, you can tem-por ar il y s top th e s ou ndeff ec t without losing thesettings L o a d W henever you would like ...

A-9 R ealt ek Audio W hen you ar e playing the f irs t audio s our ce ( f or example: us e W indows MediaPlayer to play DVD/VCD), the output will be played from the rear panel, which is thedefault setting. Then you must to s elect the Realtek HD Audio fr ont output fr om the sc roll list first , and...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d A-10 3. Playback contr ol Playback device This function is to let you freely decide which ports tooutput the sound. And this is essential when multi-streaming playback enabled. - Realtek HD Audio Rear Output- Realtek HD Audio Front Output Tool Mute M u t e You may c hoose to mu...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d A-16 Microphone In this tab you may set the function of the microphone. Select the Noise Suppres- sion to remove the possible noise during recording, or select Acoustic Echo Can- cellation to cancel the acous tic ec ho during r ecording. Acoustic Echo C ancellat ion pr events p...

A-17 R ealt ek Audio 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applica-tions like gaming. You may also selec t differ ent environment to c hoose the mos tsuitable environment you like.

M S- 7522 M ainboar d A-18 Information In this tab it provides some inf or mation about this H D Audio Conf igur ation utility,including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. Youmay also select the language of this utility by choosing f rom the Language list. Als...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d A-20 n 4-C hannel M ode f or 4- S peaker Out put 1 Line In 2 Line Out (Front channels) 3 MIC 4 Line Out (Rear channels) 5 No function 6 No function 3 1 2 6 4 5

M S- 7522 M ainboar d A-22 n 8-C hannel M ode f or 8- S peaker Out put 1 Line In 2 Line Out (Front channels) 3 MIC 4 Line Out (Rear channels) 5 Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel) 6 Line Out (Side channels) 1 2 6 4 5 3 Important To enable 7.1 channel audio-out function on Vista operating system,...

B-1 Ov er clocking C ent er Overclocking Center O ver c loc king C enter , the mos t us ef ul and power f ulutility that MSI has spent much research and efforts todevelop, helps users to monitor or configure the hard-war e status of MS I Mainboar d in windows , suc h asCPU clock, voltage, fan speed ...

B-2 M S- 7522 M ainboar d Activating Overclocking Center Once you have your Overclocking Center installed (locate the setup source file in thes etup C D ac c ompanying with your mainboar d, path: Ut ilit y - - > M S I Ut ilit y - - > Overclocking Center ), it will have a s hort cut icon on the...

B-3 Ov er clocking C ent er System Info In the System Info screen, you can read the informations of mainboard/ memory/ PCI. Motherboard Click M otherboard to read the informations of mainboard, mainboard BIOS, installed CPU and installed graphics card.

B-4 M S- 7522 M ainboar d Memory Click Memory to read the information of each memor y DIMM slot. You can selec t aDIMM slot you want to read from the SPD list. PCI Click PCI to read the information of devices on the mainboard.

B-5 Ov er clocking C ent er Basic In the B as ic menu, it provides one default s etting and f ive c ommon s ettings fordiff er ent envir onments. You may c hoos e one of the s ettings that you need. T hesettings in Basic menu are not adjustable. Click DOT to enter the DOT screen. In DOT, you can sel...

B-8 M S- 7522 M ainboar d i Dy namic D ynamic O ver c loc king Tec hnol ogy ( D .O .T.) is an automatic over c loc king C P Ufr equency function, inc luded in the MS I TM ’ s newly developed Overc locking Center Technology. It is designed to detect the loading of CPU while running programs, andto ov...

B-9 Ov er clocking C ent er After you adjust the values in setting menu, you can s ave it for f uture use. Click the Save button, and enter a name in the empty box. Then, click Save button again to save the s ettings. Click the Load button and choose a s aved us er setting to load the settings f or ...

C-1 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Appendix C This appendix will assis t user s in configuring and en-abling RAID functionality on platforms

M S- 7522 M ainboar d C-2 Introduction Important The least number of har d dr iv es for RA ID 0, R AID 1, Recovery or M atrixmode is 2. The least number of hard drives for RAID 10 mode is 4. And theleast number of hard driv es for RAID 5 mode is 3.All the information/ volumes/ pictures listed in you...

C-3 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID BIOS Configuration After the above message shows, press <Ctrl> and <I> keys simultaneously to enterthe RAID Configuration Utility. Important The “ Dr vice Model ” , “ Serial # ” and “ Size ” in the following example might be different from your system. Importan...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d C-4 (1) Create RAID Volume 1. Select option 1 “ Create RAID Volume ” and press <Enter> key. The following screen appears. Then in the Name field, specify a RAID Volume name and then press the <TAB> or <Enter> key to go to the next field. 2. Use the arrow keys ...

C-7 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID (2) Delete RAID Volume Here you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all data on RAIDdrives will be lost. Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume f rom the main menu window and press <Enter> key to select a RAID volume for deletion. Then press <Delete&g...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d C-8 (3) Reset Disks to Non-RAID Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press <Enter> to delete the RAID volume and r emove any RAID structures from the dr ives. T he following sc reenappear s : Press <Y> key to accept the selec tion. Important 1. You will lose ...

C-9 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID (4) Recovery Volume Options Select option 4 Recovery Volume Options and press <Enter> to change recovery volume mode. The following screen appears: Recovery mode will c hange fr om Continuous Update to On-Request after youenable “ Only Recovery Disk ” or “ Only Maste...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d C-10 Installing Driver Install Driver in Windows Vista / XP † New Windows Vist a / XP Installat ion The following details the installation of the drivers while installing operating system. 1. W hen you start installing W indows XP, you may encounter a message stating, “ S etup ...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d C-12 Install Intel Matrix Storage Console The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to operate the harddrive f rom which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data.For this reas on, you c annot r emove or un-ins tall this dr iver ...

C-13 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following: Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window.

M S- 7522 M ainboar d C-14 A fter reading the licens e agreement in the f ollowing window, c lic k Yes button to continue. The window shows the components to be installed. Click Next button to continue.

M S- 7522 M ainboar d C-16 RAID Migration Instructions Important A Create from E xisting Disk operation will delete all existing data from the added dis k and the data c annot be r ec ov ered. It is c r itic al to bac k up allimportant data on the added dis k befor e pr oceeding. However, during the...

C-17 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Create RAID Volume from Existing Disk To c reate a RA ID volume fr om an exis ting dis k, c hoos e Act ion -- > Cr eate R AID Volume fr om E xist ing Hard Drive . The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead you for the following procedure. Cl...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d C-18 ( 1) C onf igur e Volume Here you can configure the new RAID volume by entering the volume name, selectingthe RAID level and strip size. † RAID Volume Name: A desired RA ID volume name needs to be typed in wher e the ‘ Volume_0000 ’ text currently appears above. The RAID v...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d C-20 ( 3) Select M ember Har d Driv e(s) Then select the member disk (the target disk) that you wish to use and then click “ - --> ” to move it to the Selected field. Then click Next to continue. P lease note that the exis ting data on the s elec ted har d drive( s ) will be...

C-23 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Recovery Volume Creation A recovery volume can be created using either Basic mode or Advanced mode in theIntel Matrix Storage Console. R ecov ery Volume in Basic M ode Cr eat ion To create a recovery volume in Basic mode, use the following steps:(1) Open the Intel Matrix ...

C-27 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume is reported as degraded when one of its harddrive members fails or is tempor arily disconnected, and data mirroring is lost. As aresult, the system can only utilize the remaining functional hard drive member. To re-establish data mirror ...

D-1 JM icron 322 RAID JMicron 322 RAID Appendix D This appendix will assist users in configuring andenabling RAID functionality on platform.The JMicron 322 RAID solution supports RAID level0 ( str iping) , R AID level 1 (mirr or ing) and J BO D(C onc atenate).

M S- 7522 M ainboar d D-2 Introduction JMicron JMB322 offers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring and Duplexing)and JBOD (Concatenate) for SATA ports ( SATA7/8 ) on this mainboard. RAID 0 breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate hard drives. Spreadingthe hard drive I/O l...

D-3 JM icron 322 RAID JMicron RAID Configurer There is an application called JMB32X RAID Configurer which helps you perform thefollowing tasks of JMicron RAID. • Viewing S ATA Dr iv e inf ormat ions • Creating RAID Arrays • Deleting RAID Activating JMB32X RAID Configurer Befor activating the JMB32X ...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d D-4 Or you may click the SATA drive item just below the item “ C ontroller ” , you will f ind SATA drive information. View SATA Drive Information Click the “ Eazy D rive Infor mation ” button and the information of all hard disks will display on the r ight side of the window. Y...

D-5 JM icron 322 RAID Create RAID JMB32X RAID Configurer supports the creation of RAID 0, 1 and JBOD.1. First, you have to choose a controller, that supports 2 S ATA devic es with RA ID mode, in the Information s creen. 2.Clic k the “ Eas y Drive Configuration ” button, and selec t a RAID mode you w...

D-7 JM icron 322 RAID S e t u p P ass wo r d You may set a password f or a volume. Click the “ Change Pass word ” , a screen will dis play. P lease enter a new pas sword in the “ N ew Pas sword ” box,and enter the password again in the “ confirm password ” box to confirm the passsword. Then click OK...

M S- 7522 M ainboar d D-8 Remove RAID 1. Firs t, you have to choose a volume that you intend to remove RAID mode in the Infor mat ion s c reen. 2. Click the “ Easy Drive Configuration ” button, and click the “ Normal Mode ” button. And then, click “ Apply ” to remove the RAIID mode. 3. A warning mes...

D-9 JM icron 322 RAID 4. A warning will appear to inform you that the deletion is finished. Click “ OK ” to close the wind ow. Event Log Click the “ Event Log ” button, all of the significant events will be listed. “ E ve n t L o g ” button